Domain Configuration
New
Introduced in 0.3.10
domains:add <app> <domain> [<domain> ...] # Add domains to app
domains:add-global <domain> [<domain> ...] # Add global domain names
domains:clear <app> # Clear all domains for app
domains:clear-global # Clear global domain names
domains:disable <app> # Disable VHOST support
domains:enable <app> # Enable VHOST support
domains:remove <app> <domain> [<domain> ...] # Remove domains from app
domains:remove-global <domain> [<domain> ...] # Remove global domain names
domains:report [<app>|--global] [<flag>] # Displays a domains report for one or more apps
domains:set <app> <domain> [<domain> ...] # Set domains for app
domains:set-global <domain> [<domain> ...] # Set global domain names
Info
Adding a domain before deploying an application will result in port mappings being set. This may cause issues for applications that use non-standard ports, as those will not be automatically detected. Please refer to the proxy documentation for information as to how to reconfigure the mappings.
Customizing hostnames
Applications typically have the following structure for their hostname:
The subdomain is inferred from the pushed application name, while the domain.tld is set during initial dokku configuration. It can then be modified with dokku domains:add-global and dokku domains:remove-global. This value is used as a default TLD for all applications on a host.
If an FQDN such as dokku.org is used as the application name, the global virtualhost will be ignored and the resulting vhost URL for that application will be dokku.org.
You can optionally override this in a plugin by implementing the nginx-hostname plugin trigger. If the nginx-hostname plugin has no output, the normal hostname algorithm will be executed. See the plugin trigger documentation for more information.
Disabling VHOSTS
If desired, it is possible to disable vhosts with the domains plugin.
On subsequent deploys, the nginx virtualhost will be discarded. This is useful when deploying internal-facing services that should not be publicly routeable. As of 0.4.0, nginx will still be configured to proxy your app on some random high port. This allows internal services to maintain the same port between deployments. You may change this port by setting DOKKU_PROXY_PORT and/or DOKKU_PROXY_SSL_PORT (for services configured to use SSL.)
The domains plugin allows you to specify custom domains for applications. This plugin is aware of any ssl certificates that are imported via certs:add. Be aware that disabling domains (with domains:disable) will override any custom domains.
# where `node-js-app` is the name of your app
# add a domain to an app
dokku domains:add node-js-app dokku.me
# list custom domains for app
dokku domains:report node-js-app
# clear all custom domains for app
dokku domains:clear node-js-app
# remove a custom domain from app
dokku domains:remove node-js-app dokku.me
# set all custom domains for app
dokku domains:set node-js-app dokku.me dokku.org
Displaying domains reports for an app
New
Introduced in 0.8.1
You can get a report about the app's domains status using the domains:report command:
=====> node-js-app domains information
Domains app enabled: true
Domains app vhosts: node-js-app.dokku.org
Domains global enabled: true
Domains global vhosts: dokku.org
=====> python-app domains information
Domains app enabled: true
Domains app vhosts: python-app.dokku.org
Domains global enabled: true
Domains global vhosts: dokku.org
=====> ruby-app domains information
Domains app enabled: true
Domains app vhosts: ruby-app.dokku.org
Domains global enabled: true
Domains global vhosts: dokku.org
You can run the command for a specific app also.
You can pass flags which will output only the value of the specific information you want. For example:
Default site
This is specific to your proxy plugin of choice. See the nginx documentation for more information on how to configure this for the default nginx proxy implementation.